I forgot to write in for awhile... but it's been such an honour to have performed some of my songs "This Girl" and "Truth" at the UN Women's campaign of 16 Days Of Activism to galvanise action to end violence against women during December 2016 last year, and I am hereby incredibly proud to announce that I have just released these songs at iTunes and my music website. You may check them out at my Bandcamp and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do composing, writing, singing and growing through my music!
As many may have known and have been curious about the true story behind this song "This Girl" and my performance of the song at the UN Women's campaign during December 2016, I just want to take this opportunity to clarify that "This Girl" is not a song specially written for UN Women - the song has already been born around April 2016, written from my own painful and personal account while the chance to perform for UN Women's wonderful campaign of 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women only struck and came by around November 2016.
At that moment, I felt utterly compelled to perform this song at the UN Women's campaign. I guess it is because I believe that there is something in the message of the song that is so befitting to UN Women's values and what they have been putting up such a good fight for. Ever since, it has now become a cause that is so dear and near to my heart too that I pledge to do my best contributing in.
Through my music and performance of this song, I hope that I can empower women, who are often deemed as the weaker gender by the majority of the world compared to men, and make women from all over the world realize that they can stand for themselves to fight for what is right and not let their innocent voices be unheard or buried, even when the whole world tries or threatens to shut them up.
Don't get me wrong, being a feminist and an activist for UN Women is not about bringing men down; it is about becoming more aware of how men and women can empower each other better and working towards it. In other words, it is about being a humanist to achieve gender equality, ideally speaking.
I sincere hope that this song makes you feel something that I have once felt in my plight, and hope that it makes you choose love and forgiveness even when you could choose hatred and disdain.
I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who's given me really positive and sincere feedback and critics for my music. Special thanks to Timbre, Wala Wala, Esplanade, Dalkomm Coffee and Starbucks, Noise Singapore of National Arts Council and more (sorry if I miss anyone out) for featuring my music. I appreciate all of it so much and I am more grateful than ever to be able to continue using my gift to create music and wonder every day. xx Love, Fym Summer
As many may have known and have been curious about the true story behind this song "This Girl" and my performance of the song at the UN Women's campaign during December 2016, I just want to take this opportunity to clarify that "This Girl" is not a song specially written for UN Women - the song has already been born around April 2016, written from my own painful and personal account while the chance to perform for UN Women's wonderful campaign of 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women only struck and came by around November 2016.
At that moment, I felt utterly compelled to perform this song at the UN Women's campaign. I guess it is because I believe that there is something in the message of the song that is so befitting to UN Women's values and what they have been putting up such a good fight for. Ever since, it has now become a cause that is so dear and near to my heart too that I pledge to do my best contributing in.
Through my music and performance of this song, I hope that I can empower women, who are often deemed as the weaker gender by the majority of the world compared to men, and make women from all over the world realize that they can stand for themselves to fight for what is right and not let their innocent voices be unheard or buried, even when the whole world tries or threatens to shut them up.
Don't get me wrong, being a feminist and an activist for UN Women is not about bringing men down; it is about becoming more aware of how men and women can empower each other better and working towards it. In other words, it is about being a humanist to achieve gender equality, ideally speaking.
I sincere hope that this song makes you feel something that I have once felt in my plight, and hope that it makes you choose love and forgiveness even when you could choose hatred and disdain.
I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who's given me really positive and sincere feedback and critics for my music. Special thanks to Timbre, Wala Wala, Esplanade, Dalkomm Coffee and Starbucks, Noise Singapore of National Arts Council and more (sorry if I miss anyone out) for featuring my music. I appreciate all of it so much and I am more grateful than ever to be able to continue using my gift to create music and wonder every day. xx Love, Fym Summer
